Stump-puller.



No. 850,362. PATENTED APR.16 1901' J. W. FOLGERT;

STUMP FULLER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.15', 1906.

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JOSEF W. FOLGERT, OF PHILLIPS, WISCONSIN.

STUIVlP-PULLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 190'.

Application filed November 15,1906. Serial No 343,559-

To ct'bl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnr W. FOLGERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Phillips, in the county of Price and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stump-Pullers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for extracting stumps, and is especially designed for use upon uneven groundas, for example, upon hillsides. It is common in devices of this kind to employ a frame having a vertically-arranged drum upon which is wound a cable and means for winding the cable upon the drum, one end of the cable being connected to the stump. It is difficult with a drum so mounted to work upon the side of a hill, as the best results are only obtained when a vertically-mounted drum is employed upon level ground. I overcome this objection. by so arranging the parts that the drum will be in a horizontal position.

The invention consists of the novel features hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my device. Fig. 2 is a transverse section. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section.

In constructing my stump-puller I provide a frame A, having the form of an ordinary sled, upon which are mounted brackets A, which brackets support a centrally-arranged transverse cross-piece A upon which is mounted a sweep A. This sweep fits over a vertical shaft B, journaled adjacent its upper end in the cross-piece A and provided witn a.

- beveled gear B at its lower end. A shaft C is arranged transversely below the cross piece A, and mounted upon same is a beveled gear C, meshing with the beveled gear B, and this shaft also carries a sprocketwheel I). p A sprocket-chain D runs over this wheel and also over a sprocket-wheel D, fixed upon a shaft E, which shaft is mounted upon the sled A adjacent to one end. The shaft E carries adjacent to the sides of'the sled sprocket-wheels E. A shaft F is jour naled upon the sled A adjacent to its opposite end and carries a horizontally-arranged drum F", and adjacent each end of the drum are secured sprocket-wheels Sprocketchains F run over the sprocket-wheels E and F A cable G has one end secured to the drum F and is adapted to wind thereon. A bail H is arranged at the end of the sled 0pposite the drum, and to said bail I attach an anchor-rope H.

It will be noted by means of this construction the power is applied at a central point, thereby serving to maintain the sled in a steady position. The rotation of the sweep A is transmitted through the shaft B, beveled gears B and C, and by the sprocketchain D to the shaft E. Were the drum F mounted also upon the shaft E it would be necessary to either shorten the length of the drum, widen the sled A, or shift the position of the sprocket-wheel D from a point adjacent the longitudinal center of the sled; but in order to secure a perfect balance of the do vice while in operation the drum is mounted upon the shaft F, and with the exception. the space occupied upon each side of it by the sprocket-wheels F 2 the drum extends practically the full width between the sides of the sled A. The shaft F and drum are also driven by sprocket-chains running adj acent each side of the sled. I therefore ob tain a good balance and insure steadiness cf the device and also gain the advantage in working upon a hillside of having the cable wind upon a horizontally-arranged drum instead of one arranged vertically, thereby adapting the device for use upon. very rough and uneven ground.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the kind described comprising a sled, transverse shafts at each end of the sled, sprocket-wheels uponsaid shafts adjacent the sides of the sled, sprocketchains running over said wheels, a drum mounted upon. one of said shafts between the sprocket-wheels upon. said shaft, a sweep mounted above the sled and carried thereby, and means for transmitting rotation of the sweep to the shaft opposite the one carrying the drum.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a sled, brackets carried thereby, crosspieces supported by the brackets, a vertical shaft journaled in said cross-piece, a sweep mounted upon the upper end of the shaft, a beveled gearcarried by the lower end of the shaft, a shaft below andv parallel to the crosspiece, a beveled gear on said shaft meshing with the first mentioned beveled gear, a sprocket-chain on said shaft, a shaft adjacent one end of the sled, a sprocket-wheel thereon, a sprocketchain running over said sprocketwheels, a shaft adjacent the opposite end of ing sprocket-wheels, and a cable adapted to the sled, a drum thereon, sprocket-Wheels Wind upon the drum.

upon said shaft at the ends of the drum sprocket-Wheels arranged upon the shaft ad JOSEF FOIIJGERT' jaeent the first-mentioned end of the sled and Witnesses:

in alinement with those upon the dru1n- M. BARRY,

shaft, sprocket-ehains connecting said alin- A. U. BOLTON. 

